Total newbie. Any suggestions on a good tutorial?

[cradletoenslave]

I would like to learn how to use Mysql seeing as how it would be so extremely useful, especially since my databases have been printing information out to html tables. Yeah, not secure, and very unprofessional. Does anybody have some advice on a good online tutorial to look up? I know a little bit of perl (enough to build an order form), and I'm currently using a websiteallies server. Websiteallies has Mysql and it looks like everything is automated and you don't even have to know Mysql commands, which is where I get mixed up in the online tutorials so far. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[TonyGroves]

STFW!

Try this link:

http://www.google.ie/search?q=mysql+tutorial

 

[cradletoenslave]

(Assuming STFW means search the F'n web)

Ouch. Geez, it's not like I didn't try it. I was just wondering if somebody hadn't seen one that was a little more to the point, I've looked up several tutorials and none seemed of any use. Either too complicated or so much obviousness it took getting to chapter 20 just to enter something into the database. Not to mention all the tutorials I saw depended directly on running your own server when I prefer to work on a remote server (dialup is not a good option!).

I didn't mean to piss anybody off, in fact I was trying to do the exact opposite. I thought it would be much better to ask for a tutorial verses posting every five minutes "How do I enter a password" or "How do I upload an entry" and asking people to guide me through step by step bug by bug.

I don't mean to step on anybody's toes and sorry if I did. And I understand being flamed a bit, I get a little annoyed with the newbies on the guitar forums as well. I'm willing to work, I just need help knowing where to start.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[TonyGroves]

Sorry about that; my wording was a bit undiplomatic.

When I did that search, there seemed to be a massive amount of tutorial information available, and it looked quite good. However, if you have any specific problems, feel free to ask, and you can be fairly sure of a positive helpful response.